Giovanni Vincenzo Forli (c. 1580 in

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– c. 1625) was an

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painter of the

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period, active in

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. In 1607–1608, he painted a ''Good Samaritan'' for the Church of

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, where

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had just painted the main altarpiece of ''

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''. Giovanni Vincenzo was clearly influenced by the

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of Caravaggio, but his work has a

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air. Subsequently, Forli was to paint a Circumcision for the church of Santa Maria della Sanità.Treccani Encyclopedia
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 49 (1997), entry by Concetta Restaino.

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